Szczecin’s concert hall, designed by Spanish architecture practice Estudio Barozzi Veiga, is a glowing white castle that many see as a beacon for a prosperous future. But its relationship with the city’s various pasts is more problematic, says John Jervis

With the modular Google Ara mobile phone, the San Francisco-based technology designer and founder of New Deal Design hopes to challenge the culture of disposability that has developed around technology